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hookah

hoo·kah

UK/ˈhʊ.kə/ US/ˈhu.kə/ rare

noun

1.

an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water

  • “a bipolar world with the hookah and Turkish coffee versus hamburgers and Coca Cola”
Synonyms

Origin

Borrowed from Hindustani حقہ / हुक़्क़ा (huqqā) and, in turn, derived from Arabic حُقَّة (ḥuqqa, “pot, jar”), from حُقّ (ḥuqq, “cavity, hollow”).

Phrases

  • hookah air compressor
  • hookah air pump
  • hookah compressor
  • hookah dive
  • hookah dive compressor
  • hookah dive pump
  • hookah diving
  • hookah pump

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Broader terms

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